Silicon Valley is about to get the Hollywood hatchet job it probably deserves. Indie distributor Neon just scooped up “Artificial,” a dramatized flick detailing the chaotic weekend Sam Altman got kicked out of his own sandbox at OpenAI. They rescued the project after Amazon MGM Studios abruptly dumped it. Why did Amazon run away? They aren’t talking. They gave some corporate PR spin about the movie being “better served” elsewhere. Read between the lines. Amazon has a massive $50 billion partnership with OpenAI. Jeff Bezos even had Altman at his wedding. You don’t finance a movie that trashes your billionaire buddies. It is that simple.
This script is brutal. Insiders say it makes “The Social Network” look like a Disney movie. It reportedly paints Altman as a pathological liar. Elon Musk gets the villain treatment. It is a pitch-black look at the tech elite. These guys aren’t just ruining social media anymore. They are playing with world-ending tech. That is the stakes here.
The talent behind this is heavy-duty. Luca Guadagnino is directing. Andrew Garfield is playing Altman. Monica Barbaro signs on as former CTO Mira Murati, and Ike Barinholtz is taking on Musk. There is no release date yet. It was supposed to hit the festival circuit before Amazon panicked. Now, Neon holds the cards. Expect a messy, glorious ride.
